Having finished a lengthy tour with his then band the Sonnets, Stockholm-based musician Per Magnusson decided to go on holiday. He ended up in Kenya where he "saw a leopard in a tree" and "played football with the local kids", before deciding even that was a bit too exhausting and going to a beach overlooking the Indian Ocean for two weeks. "That's when it dawned on me," he explains. "I wanted to make music that sounded like the scenery in front of me. Dark as the looming clouds in the sky, but with the same glowing edges." His beach holiday's influence didn't end there: "The name was found on a pack of cigarettes in the sand, Sportsman." Fully refreshed, he started working with Swedish production duo Montauk – who have also worked with electro-pop chanteuse Faye – on songs that could reflect his romantic vision. In fact, romanticism permeates the delicate thrum of his first single Rally – premiered here – not least because vocals are shared with his girlfriend, former Those Dancing Days frontwoman Linnea Jönsson. Over softly rolling piano and distant drum claps, the pair coo "rally with me, rally tonight" at each other, as the sampled sound of birds singing and waves crashing becomes enmeshed in the song's delicate tapestry.